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Updated About the required permissions (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-06-01 11:48:17 -04:00
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About-the-required-permissions.md

@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ Since [version 0.9.8.2](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/e65c2939757f09d
This is necessary to be able to: This is necessary to be able to:
- Disable _"Prefetch resources to load pages more quickly"_ - Disable _"Prefetch resources to load pages more quickly"_
- This will ensure no TCP connection is opened **at all** for blocked requests: **It's for your own protection privacy-wise.** - This will ensure no TCP connection is opened **at all** for blocked requests: **It's for your own protection privacy-wise.**<sup>[1]</sup>
- For pages with lots for blocked requests, this will actually remove overhead from page load (if you did not have the setting already disabled). - For pages with lots for blocked requests, this will actually remove overhead from page load (if you did not have the setting already disabled).
![c](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/7914528/924b9314-0845-11e5-8012-f67e4b1814cd.png) ![c](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/7914528/924b9314-0845-11e5-8012-f67e4b1814cd.png)
See code: See code:
- [chrome.privacy.network](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/e65c2939757f09db646d277b82da8690aaf3adbc) - [chrome.privacy.network](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/e65c2939757f09db646d277b82da8690aaf3adbc)
<sub>[1] Merely opening a TCP connection leaks your IP address to the remote server -- this is incompatible with an extension which primary purpose is to **completely** prevent connections to remove server, not just merely prevent the transfer of data.</sub>